Bo, Lookin gooood! I must say at first that I didn't want to remark on the rims when you first painted them. I will say that they look much nicer than I thought they would. Excellent job and really nice work restoring them. Are you having trouble getting the sound that you want or are you just having trouble getting used to the new sound? I would imagine a little bit of both. Those are a pretty big jump in sizes from what you are used to and it always takes time getting things tuned just the way we want them. Good luck with them and when you can post some sound clips for us. John

Ha, yes, but will the kit self destruct in the next 5 seconds? I doubt it, Bo ain't exactly a slammer, but you never know, these could release the inner brute! Man or mouse? Only time will tell ;) ;) ;)

Seriously Bo, nice job. As for the bass drum hoops, I think they work well. A bit of dark is quite common with blondes anyhow. Matching collar & cuffs are rare these days ;)

Great looking kit, excellent job. Love the look of a single tom in a snare basket. In case you find the basket chokes the tom a little you may want to look into a Flex Frame For my taste on my kit the tom was a bit choked by the basket, the Flex Frame opened the sound up. Again, may not be an issue for you but just in case. Congratulations and enjoy!!

Well, now that I have it set-up for photos, the reality will begin when I start to play it. Where my snare and floor toms usually fall on my other kits, they will be under the height of the bass drum and cause me to push the rack tom farther out to my right. But I'll try it later this afternoon. I think its true: when I sit down behind the kit, I won't be seen ;)

Well, now that I have it set-up for photos, the reality will begin when I start to play it. Where my snare and floor toms usually fall on my other kits, they will be under the height of the bass drum and cause me to push the rack tom farther out to my right. But I'll try it later this afternoon. I think its true: when I sit down behind the kit, I won't be seen ;)

The video is coming slowly. I do need to get these things really in tune. Right now they're being a little finicky. Once I get them dialed in, I'll get a video up. I've heard so many bad YouTube videos that I want to make a great sounding one so it can be properly judged ;)

Awesome. Though this ain't just a player's kit. I'd be a little kinder. More like a work of art. The be all end all. Those are beauties. Every drummer should own a Ludwig 60's-70s kit. It should be mandatory international law.